·36of the 109 (33%) races at Bristol have been won from the front row: Pole position (23 wins); second-place (13 wins).

·87 of the 109 (79.8%) races have been won from a top-10 starting position; including 54 from the first four spots.

·Five of the 109 (4.5%) races have been won from a starting position outside the top 20; most recent was Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2004 – he started 30th.

·The deepest in the field that a race winner has started is 38th, by Elliott Sadler in 2001.

·Eight different manufacturers have won in the NSCS at Bristol; led by Chevrolet with 43 victories; followed byFord (35), Dodge (8), Pontiac (8), Toyota (7), Buick (4), Plymouth (3) and Oldsmobile (1).

·Four car numbers have produced eight or more Bristol NSCS wins:

Car Number – (Number of Wins) – Most Recent Win

oNo. 11 - (19 wins) – Denny Hamlin, 2012

oNo. 2 – (12 wins) – Brad Keselowski, 2012

oNo. 17 – (eight wins) – Matt Kenseth, 2006

oNo. 3 – (eight wins) – Dale Earnhardt, 1999

Additional Finishing Position Stats

·Richard Petty leads the series in runner-up finishes at Bristol with 10; Kevin Harvick leads all active drivers with four.

·Darrell Waltrip and Richard Petty lead the series in top-five finishes at Bristol with 26 each. Jeff Gordon leads all active drivers with 17; followed by Matt Kenseth (13).

·Richard Petty has leads the series in top-10 finishes at Bristol with 37. Jeff Gordon leads the series among active drivers in top-10 finishes with 25; followed by Matt Kenseth (20).

·Ricky Stenhouse Jr. leads the series (active drivers) in average finishing position at Bristol with an 9.200.

Track/Event Specific Stats

·Nine of the last 11 races have ended with a Margin of Victory of less than a second at BMS.

·There has been five green-white-checkered finishes at Bristol – all five were the spring race: 2007 (500/504); 2008 (500/506); 2009 (500/503); 2014 (500/503); 2015 (500/511).

·Two of the 109 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Bristol Motor Speedway have been shortened due to weather conditions; the most recent was the event on 3/31/1996.

·Qualifying has been cancelled due to weather conditions in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Bristol Motor Speedway three times; most recently August 25, 2012.

Track/Event Specific Stats

·Since the advent of electronic scoring the closest margin of victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Bristol is the 3/25/2007 race won by Kyle Busch with a MOV of 0.064 second.

·There have been 170 NASCAR Sprint Cup races among six tracks in Tennessee.

Track Name

City

NSCS

Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol

109

Nashville Speedway

Lebanon

42

Smokey Mountain Raceway

Maryville

12

Kingsport Speedway

Kingsport

3

Chattanooga International Raceway

Chattanooga

2

Tennessee-Carolina Speedway

Newport

2

·The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held in Tennessee was at Tennessee-Carolina Speedway on 10/07/1956 won by Fireball Roberts.

Tennessee Drivers

·105 drivers in NASCAR national series history have their home state recorded as Tennessee.

·14 drivers from Tennessee have won at least one race in NASCAR’s three national series.

Driver

NSCS

NXS

NCWTS

Darrell Waltrip

84

13

0

Sterling Marlin

10

2

0

Bobby Hamilton

4

1

10

Joe Lee Johnson

2

0

0

Trevor Bayne

1

2

0

Paul Lewis

1

0

0

Bobby Hamilton Jr

0

5

0

Jeff Purvis

0

4

0

L.D. Ottinger

0

3

0

Mike Alexander

0

2

0

Casey Atwood

0

2

0

Brad Teague

0

1

0

Chad Chaffin

0

0

2

John King

0

0

1

·Darrell Waltrip, from Franklin, Tennessee, was inducted into the 2012 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Waltrip is the only Tennessee native driver to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.

·Only two of the 14 drivers from Tennessee have won at least one race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at a track located in the state of Tennessee: Darrell Waltrip (Bristol, 12 wins; Nashville eight wins) and Joe Lee Johnson (Nashville, one win).

Milestones

DRIVER

HAS

NEEDS

MILESTONE

DESCRIPTION

Jeff Gordon

784

4

788th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Consecutive Start

In four starts Jeff Gordon will tie Ricky Rudd (788) for the series all-time lead in consecutive starts.